Don’t call me a girl, MP Alupo warns Apuun
Aug 03, 2007
THOSE who have been referring to Lt. Jessica Alupo, the woman MP for Katakwi district as a girl, are in for a rude shock. Ask Patrick Apuun, the Bokora MP. He tested Alupo’s fury during a meeting recently when he referred to her as apese, an Ateso word for girl.
THOSE who have been referring to Lt. Jessica Alupo, the woman MP for Katakwi district as a girl, are in for a rude shock. Ask Patrick Apuun, the Bokora MP. He tested Alupo’s fury during a meeting recently when he referred to her as apese, an Ateso word for girl.
It took the combined efforts of Alice Alaso, the Soroti Woman MP and defence state minister Ruth Nankabirwa, who threatened to call in the army, to dissuade Lt. Alupo from a physical confrontation with Apuun. Lt. Alupo had apparently turned a deaf ear to pleas from the two MPs to cool down, assuring Apuun that she was a fighter and that he should never provoke her again! Oh boy!
It took the combined efforts of Alice Alaso, the Soroti Woman MP and defence state minister Ruth Nankabirwa, who threatened to call in the army, to dissuade Lt. Alupo from a physical confrontation with Apuun. Lt. Alupo had apparently turned a deaf ear to pleas from the two MPs to cool down, assuring Apuun that she was a fighter and that he should never provoke her again! Oh boy!